Gender Differences In Drag Culture

Drag culture is something that is old to me in the fact that I’ve heard of or about it, but I’ve never know the background or full aspects to what it really is or to what extent individuals take it. According to Bornstein, drag has always been seen as a binary (Bornstein 199). These binaries include drag queens, which are males dress as females, and drag kings, which are females dressed as males. Although drag has become a really progressive topic or act over the past decades, it’s very rare, in my option, that you see or hear anything about drag kings. So for me, reading this portion of the book about drag culture I was very surprised and intrigued to hear there were people who identified as drag kings. Though there are differences between drag queens and drag
The most common of these in the show that I saw was for an audience and performance. All the contestants, were very vivacious, bright, loud, over the top, and energetic. They were there to put on a show and show the world that they are beautiful and can do some things if not most better than a lot of real women in the world today. The contestants were all out to set a different view point for the drag community, they didn’t allow race, sexuality, religion, or age get in their way from being who they truly wanted to be. Even though drag is a little more acceptable now, it hasn’t always been this way. In drag culture it wasn’t always the best to be open with it. Instead, people who participated in drag needed places of solitude, where they could be themselves. Bornstein calls these “gender playgrounds” (Bornstein 203). These playgrounds include being home alone, going to support groups, out of town trips, conferences, bars, and online. Not only did they need places as safe havens, but they also need support from people who mattered to them. These people being family, friends, and loved ones. They all had to find the best way to express